3,047 Quotes About Law

[Liberty] considers religion as the safeguard of morality, and morality as the best security of law and the surest pledge of the duration of freedom.

By obliging men to turn their attention to other affairs than their own, it rubs off that private selfishness which is the rust of society.

Laws are always unstable unless they are founded on the manners of a nation; and manners are the only durable and resisting power in a people.

Mastering the lawless science of our law,- that codeless myriad of precedent, that wilderness of single instances.

There is one universal law that has been formed, or at least adoptedby the majority of mankind. That law is justice. Justice forms the cornerstone of each nation's law.

We only see our public officials when it's time for a vote. The only time you see law officers is when they're making an arrest.

Nothing surely is as potent as a law that may not be disobeyed. It has the force of the water drop that hollows the stone. A small dainty task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.

A fool and his money are soon parted. It takes creative tax laws for the rest.

The appearance of the law must be upheld - especially when it's being broken.